Violence & the Sacred

René Girard in Sonoma 1991

René Girard giving an informal talk with Q&A at Gil Bailie's Florilegia Institute, Sonoma, CA in  1991

Religion and Violence

A 2004 presentation by René Girard to the Stanford University Catholic Community.

Ethnocentrism

This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard given at the 1992 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Stanford University.

Revenge

This is an address given by René Girard at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University in 1993.

Satan and the Gospels

This is an address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1992.

Atonement

An address given by René Girard at the American Academy of Religion conference held in San Francisco in 1997. Professor Girard is introduced by James Williams.

Christianity and Mimetic Theory & Christian Anti-Semitism

This is a presentation of René Girard given at the 1993 meeting of the Colloquium of Violence and Religion held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

An Introduction to Mimetic Theory - 2002

This is a recording of a presentation by René Girard at the 2002 meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion held at Purdue University.

A Friday Afternoon Seminar with René Girard - 2006

For over twenty years René Girard held episodic Friday afternoon seminars on the campus of Stanford University to discuss and debate aspects of his mimetic hypothesis with visiting scholars, graduate students, and interested community members. This session from 2006 provides the listener a perspective on the implications and scope of his mimetic theory at that time.  

An Interview with René Girard - 1997

This is an interview Gil Bailie made with René Girard recorded in Los Angeles in 1997.